The effects of relocation and level of affectedness on mood and anxiety symptom treatments after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake

Daniel Hogg, Simon Kingham, Thomas M. Wilson and Michael Ardagh

Social Science & Medicine, 2016, vol. 152, issue C, 18-26

Abstract: In this longitudinal study, we compare the effects of different types of relocation and level of affectedness on the incidence and relapse of mood and anxiety symptom treatments identified by publicly funded care or treatment one year before and one and two years after the ‘2011 Christchurch earthquake’ in New Zealand. Based on a subset of Christchurch residents from differently affected areas of the city identified by area-wide geotechnical land assessments (no to severe land damage) ‘stayers’, ‘within-city movers’, ‘out-of-city movers’ and ‘returners’ were identified to assess the interaction effect of different levels of affectedness and relocation on the incidence and relapse of mood and anxiety symptom treatments over time. Health and sample information were drawn from the New Zealand Ministry of Health's administrative databases allowing us to do a comparison of the pre-/post-disaster treatment status and follow-up on a large study sample.

Keywords: New Zealand; Disaster; Mental health; Exposure assessment; Residential mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.01.025

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